Core Record

Title

synthetic silk fibres

Collection

Museum of Design in Plastics: Arts University College at Bournemouth

Date

circa 1955

Description

A group of three skeins of 1950s synthetic silk fibres, one white and two pink, probably the first cellulose triacetate made in the UK. Triacetate was first produced commercially in the USA in 1954 by the Celanese Corporation. This item forms part of the Plastics Historical Society (PHS) collection.

Accession Number

PHSL : 28

Dimensions

height 6mm, width 80mm, length 250mm

Materials

plastic, cellulose fibre, triacetate

Notes

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Rights

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